October 6, 2020

Throughout the 1970’s it was not unusual to see a member of the Young Talent Team end up on a cover of a magazine as members like Jamie Redfern were on a cover every few weeks.

Jamie Redfern was on TV Week at least five times and on TV Guide an additional time between 1971 and 1974.

Here are some TV Week and TV Times covers and you can save yourself a copy of any that you like.

If we remember right, the article on the above was about show tunes.

This cover is a great example of the power that Young Talent Time had in the early to mid 1970s, Jamie Redfern and Debbie Byrne in 1974 won King and Queen of Pop respectively

Three of the original six members were still part of the team in 1974 and so were the other two 1971 additions, Julie Ryles and Greg Mills.

‘Career at the Crossroads’ – it seems to be doing just fine in 2026.

Debbie Byrne would have a good 1975, she’d win Queen of Pop for the second time before Marcia Hines would take the next three awards.

Scali and Gould, Byrne and Gould, either combination worked out well.

Jamie Redfern posted a copy of this particular cover on his Facebook page on August 25, 2026, Channel Ten (Channel O at the time) had it so good in the early 1970s, they had YTT and Number 96 regularly on the cover.

‘Jamie Redfern can be a millionaire at 21’ that’s a lot of pressure.

Year two of his 19 year run as host of the show (TV or Direct-to-video).

‘King of the Kids’ – Bet that they didn’t think that he would go on for another 19 years (including 1990).

Star Trek was back in fashion in 1972 with repeats of the original series, it wasn’t until 1973 that The Animated Series came along and Star Trek: The Motion Picture was released in 1979.

Even though Jamie left YTT after its first year, he was an important part of the show making regular appearances and even had songs on the records.

Jamie Redfern won King of Pop in the TV Week King of Pop Awards in 1974 ending John Farnham’s five-year reign.

Jamie was quite successful in the TV Week King of Pop Awards as he had also won Outstanding Newcomer (1971), Most Popular Australian Album (1972) and Most Popular Australian Single (1973) and Most Popular Australian Single (1974) between 1971 and 1974.